Les Biches (film)

Les Biches
Theatrical release poster
Directed byClaude Chabrol
Written by
Produced byAndré Génovès
Starring
CinematographyJean Rabier
Edited byJacques Gaillard
Music byPierre Jansen
Release dates
  • March 22, 1968 (1968-03-22) (France)[1]
  • August 30, 1968 (1968-08-30) (Italy)[1]
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
LanguageFrench
Box office627,679 admissions (France)[2]

Les Biches (English: The Does) is a 1968 drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It depicts a tortured love triangle between characters portrayed by Stéphane Audran and Jacqueline Sassard; Jean-Louis Trintignant also stars. Audran won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] The film had a total of 627,164 admissions in France.[4]

While the film does not acknowledge any literary sources, Les Biches is loosely based on Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, with the main characters' genders being switched. Chabrol's screenwriter Paul Gégauff had previously adapted the novel into Purple Noon in 1960.

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  2. ^ "Les Biches". Box office Story.
  3. ^ "Berlinale 1968: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  4. ^ "Les Biches (1968) - JPBox-Office".